Direction-indicator for motor-vehicles.



H. L. RISEDORF.

DIRECTION INDICATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLiCATiON FILED OCT. 30. 1915.

1,295,603, Patented Feb.- 25, 1919 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY L. RISEDORF, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

nmEorIon-mmcm o z roe MOTOR-VEHICLES.

- To all whom it may concern:

Y Be it known that I, HARRY 'L; Rrsnnonr, .a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of'NewYork, have invented certain new 'and' useful Improvements inDirection-Indicators for Motor-Vehicles; and I do hereby de- Thisinvention relates to new and useful improvements in. directionindicators for motor vehicles.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel bracket for mountingthe device on the vehicle.

- Other objects of the invention will appea as the nature of theinvention is better understood, reference bein' had to the accompanyingdrawings, in w hich:

Figure 1 is a-view partly in section of a signaling device constructedin accordance with this invention. r

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the rear wheel and the rearfender of the motorvehicle illustrating the device applied thereto. l

Fig. 3 is the wiring diagram, and

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the mounting of the control switches.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the usual rear wheelof a motor vehicle which is surrounded by the-ordinary 35 fender '2. Thebracket used for mounting the indicator is designated generally by thenumeral 3 and comprises a base plate 4 rivete'd or otherwise secured asat 5' to the fender 2 and extending upwardly at a point centrally of theplate 4 is a standard 6, the upper end of which is bent angularly as at7 Cooperating with the bracket 3 is a base plate carrying a U-shapedclip 8 inwhich' the-set screw 9 is threadedand this clip 8 is adapted tobe attached to the standard 6 or to the extension 7 to enable the deviceto be usedat various points on the vehicle. The base plate 7 carries apair of arms 10 which are secured to'the casing of the indicator by asuitable screw or rivet, 11.

providedat opposite ends with a screw.

Specification'of Letters Patent. I Patented Feb, 25, 1919, Applicationflied October so, 1915- SeriaI'No. 58,869.

substantially T-shaped casing-which -is i101- low and on the ends of thearms of this T- shaped casing the threaded rings 15 are adapted to; 'bethreaded. These threaded.

rings are provided with inturned flanges 16 which are adapted tohold.the lenses 17 in place. A suitable reflector 18 is provided for each ofthe lenses 17 and these reflectors' are provided with the screw threadedsleeves 19in which the lamp bulb is threaded. suitable insulatingblock20 carrying arrbindingi screw 21 is secured in each of the arins 'an'dinilthe stemof the U--' shaped casing and this blockis carried asuitable central contact/of a lamp socket which receives its respectivelampbulb.

The switch box for controlling the lightis designated by the numeral 31and carries a ing of the lights within the T-shaped casing plurality ofbuttons 32 which are adapted to v control the operation of the switchescontrolling. the lights. This switch box 31 is mounted on one ofthespokes 33 of the steersuitable battery or a similar. power source 35 andthe current flows through the wire 36 to the light designated by thecharacter A and thence the current will pass into the wire 37 to thepole 38 of the switch designated a.- The opposite poles 39 ofthe switcha is connected by a wire 40 to the return wire 41 and it will thus beseen that when the switch aisclosed, the light A will be lighted.Thelight B like the light A is connected to the switch I) and the lightC connected to the ,9

switch 0. It will thus be seen that as the diagram, it will switches areclosed the lights may be lighted and on closing the switch a, the lightinditurn to the right-will be lighted. while on.

closing the switch I) the light indicating that the operator is going tostop or slow down will be eliminated; In this way it will be. seen thata safety device is provided which willeliminate -many of-the accidentsdue to the sudden stoppin of a vehicle and the colliding of a vehicleollowing therewith.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is A direction signal comprising an attaching platesecured to an automobile, a standard formed on said plate and having aright ang'ularly bent outer end, a clip adapted to be adjustably securedto either the standard or said right angularly bent outer end thereof, asecond plate carried by said clip, a pair of arms secured to the secondplate, a T- shaped signaling casing carried by said arm,

lenses carried by the casing and projecting beyond the ends thereof soas to be visible, l5 and means illuminating said casing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY L. RISEDORF- lVitnesses:

EDWARD J. KIRK, VILLIAM PATTERSON.

